"Because suddenly, from a height of thousands of centuries, the first stone of an avalanche came tumbling down: it was my heart."
— Lispector, Clarice (1920-1977)
Work Title
Date
November 11, 1967
Metaphor
"Because suddenly, from a height of thousands of centuries, the first stone of an avalanche came tumbling down: it was my heart."
Metaphor in Context
Why he should say a little stroll I never did discover. Because suddenly, from a height of thousands of centuries, the first stone of an avalanche came tumbling down: it was my heart. Who could it have been? Who could have taken me for that little stroll in the Stone Age from which I never returned because I ended up staying there?
(p. 9)
(p. 9)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Lispector, Clarice. "In Favour of Fear." Selected Cronicas. Trans. Giovannia Pontiero. New York: New Directions Publishing, 1996. Translated from A Descoberta do Mundo. Editora Nova Frontiero, 1984.
Date of Entry
08/11/2009
